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水中撈月. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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水中撈月 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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water; river
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middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
fish up
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moon; month
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| trad. (水中撈月)
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水
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中
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撈
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月
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| simp. (水中捞月)
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水
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中
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捞
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月
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| alternative forms
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水中捉月
水底摸月
海中撈月／海中捞月
海底撈月／海底捞月
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| Literally: “to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
水中撈月
- (figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon
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